Watch
Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

1976
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 54m
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out. (IMDB.com)
Your probable score
?

Taxi Driver

1976
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 54m
Your probable score
Avg Percentile 75.05% from 15804 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(15804)
Compact view
Compact view
Rated 25 Apr 2007
98
99th
De Niro is insane in his role as Travis Bickle, but he's not the only brilliant character in this film: 1970s New York City comes to life as a dirty, crime-infested world of extremes, a world that drives Bickle to the actions he commits, all thanks to Scorsese's brilliant direction. Few other films come close to the slowly growing insanity that this film provides, seemingly without effort, as it lets these two insane characters bounce off each other and grow.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
97
99th
On non-existence and its consequences. The greatest American film of the 1970s, I consider that this film is also in some way "about" America, if not indeed more or less Scorsese's response to the American involvement in Vietnam. Compare this to my comment on BLUE VELVET.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
99
99th
DeNiro's acting is top notch and this movie really gives you the gritty feel of 1970's New York. Not as violent as some reviews make it out to be, but it uses the violence it does show to great effect. The supporting cast is uniformly excellent and provides all sorts of contrasts to DeNiro's increasingly withdrawn and dilusional Travis Bickle.
Rated 26 Feb 2007
6
98th
Film's greatest portrayal of loneliness. The tragedy of Travis Bickle is that his desperation and violent impulses, unthinkable to most, stem from such universally held feelings. In Ebert's words, "We have all felt as alone as Travis. Most of us are better at dealing with it." Scorsese, De Niro, Schrader, Herrmann: four titans of cinema, none of whom was ever better.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
96
98th
Truly perfection. I don't really need to mention DeNiro's amazing performance, Schrader's amazing script, Herrmann's amazing score, or any of the other amazing things about Taxi Driver that have been written about more than enough already. I can't imagine ever being sick of this film.
Rated 30 Sep 2019
100
98th
One of the greatest things to come out of the 70s, it's disgusting how it hasn't aged ... Incel Driver.
Rated 24 Sep 2016
96
97th
Frustration and fascination with the reduction of relationships to economic exchange. Herrmann's swanky score and Scorsese's stylistic verve ensure there's never a dull moment, and then there's De Niro's simmering performance - "They...cannot...touch...her..."
Rated 20 Sep 2007
6
99th
Travis Bickle is one of the most human characters ever committed to celluloid. A deeply personal film for me, and of course, one of my all time favorites.
Rated 06 Mar 2007
96
97th
Scorsese captured the New York night life like no other, but one thing that I like to discuss with others is whether or not Travis Bickle is a hero or a villain. I mean on the AFI list, he is the 18th worst villain, but in my opinion, he is a hero. Sure he's fucking crazy, but as weird as this sounds, I feel for Travis Bickle. I can totally understand his views on his city, and how he wants to get rid of all the scum. One of the greatest characters in cinema, De Niro works his magic.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
10
99th
Much like the novella that inspired it, this is a tragic & disturbing tale about the sort of forgotten, broken people who cannot find their way back into the world. It is the greatest cinematic depiction of the darkest and most violent recesses of the human mind, aided considerably by Schrader's brilliant script & DeNiro's iconic performance. The increasingly Hellish setting mirrors Bickle's fracturing mind, making his losing battle for his own soul as terrifying as it is sympathetic.
Rated 21 Jul 2007
100
98th
Travis Bickle remains one of the greatest film characters of all time.
Rated 14 Aug 2008
100
99th
A frightening experience into the human psyche. You're liable to sympathize with the troubled Travis Bickle as he desperately seeks some kind of human connection for the sake of saving his own soul. He fails, and continues to drown in a black concrete abyss, an urban nightmare, surrounded by pimps and murderers. He roams the city nights, watching through the window of his cab. Watching, but never touching, never feeling. He is alone. We depart with him as he slowly slips into a violent insanity.
Rated 14 Apr 2011
96
95th
Travis Pickle is someone who's not basically bad. From the first minute Travis wants to change the world, from something bad and rotten into a better place. He helps a whore to get out of her misery and so on. But in the end he has to face the reality and realize, that nothing can be changed with words, and that most of the people in N.Y arrange themselfes with a life full of shit. So Prickle reforms to a man, who jugdes the world with a gun in his hand. Maybe Scorsese's best movie.
Rated 24 Feb 2012
97
99th
The ultimate morality tale of how taking a date to a porn movie (seems like a bad idea) leads to you being a hero. But beyond that it is the epitome of how to take your fucking time when making a movie. Between the acting, directing, and score I was ultimately blown away. It really is brilliant and I will probably be whistling that sax part till the day I die.
Rated 22 May 2007
93
96th
Scorsese's first undisputed masterpiece. A hallucinatory spiraling look into the mind of a man who is mentally not all there (to say the least). The photography, screenplay, direction, and acting are all top notch. Although not all that pleasant an experience, this is a cornerstone of American (and worldwide) filmmaking.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
87
93rd
This movie entrances you in its mood of uncertainty. Robert De Niro plays Travis Bickle, one of the most interesting main characters in any movie, and especially for 1976. The ideals in this film are well ahead of its time, and the easy jazz music (the final score from Bernard Hermann before his death) captures you into a dream-like state.
Rated 21 Jul 2008
100
98th
Taxi Driver really captures the grisly streets of New York like no other. De Niro is in his most captivating, powerful and best role yet. The screenplay is great too, and this really is the definite Crime Thriller.
Rated 28 Sep 2008
10
97th
(2nd viewing) "Five Easy Pieces", "Cool Hand Luke", "Taxi Driver", all fascinating explorations of our social climate and a person's place in society. You have to rewatch some classics to appreciate them more, to know they're superior in a lot of ways to the junk you see today. Strong acting, gritty circumstances, human characters, awesome film !!! and you gotta love that Scorsese cameo.
Rated 28 Nov 2006
95
94th
My favorite Scorsese and my second favorite De Niro performance (after Raging Bull). The moral ambiguity is flawlessly executed.
Rated 26 Feb 2007
97
99th
DeNiro is intense in this one. Really, the only movie where his acting can rival this performance is Raging Bull maybe. Everything else about the movie is great too though, from the direction and camera work, the script, the themes and commentary going on. Anf perhaps most importantly, all of this makes for a thoroughly engaging film. This is really an amazing movie.
Rated 05 Mar 2007
91
97th
Just who does Martin Scorsese have to kill to get an Oscar? Fantastic, career defing role by Robert De Niro, expanding on the loneliness and isolation felt the now unwanted soldier of Vietnam. Refferenced by people who have'nt seen it, and quoted frequently by people who have, it only remains for me to avoid the "you talking to me" line that so many others will use in reviewing this. Oh bugger. Also, check out a very young Harvey Keitel getting the full DeNiro stare.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
99
99th
Taxi Driver is haunting. There isn't a better word to describe this grisly, subtle thriller. Scorsese takes the reigns with De Niro for the second time and in most ways this is their most effective work to date. Travis Bickle as a character is about as captivating as I can think of, and while his life is alienating it's entirely relative at the same time; that's probably what's so creepy about the whole movie in the first place.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
93
99th
Stunning. De Niro is at his finest here, fashioning an absolutely fascinating character in Travis Bickle. I think everyone else involved must have been at the top of their game. Despite the bleakness of the subject matter, this remains endlessly rewatchable.
Rated 13 Jun 2008
95
99th
Very Great
Rated 17 Apr 2009
99
99th
Over forty years later and still the most prophetic vision of our present, what was then the future. Travis Bickle is all of us -- lonely, isolated, in need of a connection and ready to fight anyone who he perceives as denying him what is his. Should be mandatory viewing in every high school, every college and every household. This movie is a manifesto on how to live and react to a world that despises you -- just be sure to channel it for good.
Rated 31 Jul 2009
100
99th
A beautiful character study of the mental deterioration in a man whose desperation and loneliness push him to violence. DeNiro gives one of the greatest performances ever portraying "God's lonely man" and Scorsese's direction is absolutely flawless. The greatest movie I have ever seen.
Rated 06 Nov 2009
92
90th
A beautiful cinematic representation of the complete mental deconstruction of one human being in a world where the filth is piled neck high every direction you look. DeNiro never fails to fall perfectly in step with each character he portrays, and Bickle is no exception. I found myself feeling the disgust and hatred he felt as each scene went buy. One of Scorsese's finest.
Rated 09 Jan 2010
99
99th
On rewatching I am just blown away by De Niro - he gives one of the most intense performances of all time, and within the framework of Scorsese's sprawling, visceral love letter to the bloodstained gutters of New York. Coming the year after the fall of Saigon and two after Watergate, cinema has never been rawer in exploring the implosive madness and violence generated by modern life. Perfectly demonstrated five years later by John Hinckley; he should have shot a pimp instead.
Rated 07 Oct 2010
80
86th
A film so ripe with subtext it practically oozes off the screen. Exploring existential themes, Scorsese traverses traditional genre territory, with Bickle the self-proclaimed cowboy in a noir world. It's less about society than about a rupturing psyche for which DeNiro skillfully wins sympathy. This, smartly, enhances the shock and disgust later on, also facilitated by gradual genre shifts. Several scenes are dull. Luckily, memorable supporting turns by Foster, Keitel and Shepherd keep it going.
Rated 21 Feb 2011
95
99th
more trauma, baby!
Rated 21 May 2012
93
98th
Wow can this guy act. Travis Bickle is one the most memorable characters you'll ever see. My one complaint with it was the ending. But, part of me feels like I'll enjoy the ending quite a bit the more I think about it. Edit: On second viewing, I've come to really love the ending...
Rated 20 Aug 2013
97
95th
I'm not sure it's for everyone, but Taxi Driver is an excellent early film from good old Marty. Robert De Niro is awesome and Foster does a fine job too. All in all, One of Scorsese's best, and very original and daring.
Rated 07 Mar 2015
9
92nd
The sleazy and haunting urban atmosphere created by this film's gritty cinematography and beautifully melancholic soundtrack is incredible and thoroughly compelling. The plot, meanwhile, is quite loose and meandering with no real destination, so the film could only fully succeed and captivate with a strong central character study: Fortunately, it has just that, with De Niro consistently excellent in his many solo scenes ("You talkin' to me?") as the unnervingly unstable and violent Travis.
Rated 14 Feb 2007
84
88th
Taxi driver definitely deserves it's place in film history. The social outcast turns against the system is as old as hell, but Martin Scorsese gives it an extra touch with some brilliant camera movements, an intriguing character and with an excellent performance of De Niro
Rated 18 Feb 2007
97
99th
Strong film, great act of Robert De Niro and for me his best work.It is hard to bealive that this film didnt' get Oscar. (?!) Perfect film at the start to the end...
Rated 27 Feb 2007
6
99th
Seduced by Herrmann's score and repulsed by Scorsese's vision of New York City smut, for the viewer Travis Bickle becomes a pitiable and tragic figure. To evoke empathy in an extreme sociopath was audacious in 1976, and now it bears reinvigorated significance in the age of mass gun violence, when the media dares not tread beneath the pathological surface of these persons and events. This was then, and remains now, a singular film.
Rated 25 Apr 2007
94
90th
There's such a raw feeling this film expresses. The loneliness and just indescribable emotions and motives deep beneath the surface are powerful, and only... ONLY can De Niro portray this so damn well. Scrosese's direction is fantastic as well, but the writing is just overwhelmingly good.
Rated 05 Jul 2007
95
98th
De Niro's Travis Pickle is a character you won't soon forget...
Rated 16 Aug 2008
100
97th
Scorsese's finest.
Rated 27 Jul 2009
96
98th
The whole Travis Bickle character is fantastic and De Niro's performance is spectacular. Great screenplay from Schrader and, of course, top notch directing from Scorsese.
Rated 03 Oct 2009
72
41st
Definitely an original movie, but Bickle's character is one that I failed to feel for at any moment except the ending. It's climax is drawn out, and the majority of the movie seems pointless, actually, pretty much all of it is pointless. It's not terrible, but nothing worthy of praise.
Rated 08 Mar 2010
8
95th
This is no condemnation of New York's dark side; the filth described is all within the head of Travis Bickle, a character who seems incapable of connecting with others in the way we take for granted. All of his major conversations seem strained; while he mimics the social gestures of others, there's no substance to what he's saying. He doesn't understand how other people relate, but he's too egocentric to realize he's doing it wrong, and that the people he'd like to help don't want him at all.
Rated 18 May 2010
90
93rd
A visually stunning story about a descent into madness in the big city. 'Taxi Driver' is from when movies dared to linger. Add Bernard Herrmann's incredible score, both mysterious, magical and even romantic, to the mix, and you have one seriously hypnotic experience of a psychotic violent fantasy. Scorsese was arguably never better, and when De Niro was once considered one of the greatest actors of all time, this movie is most likely why. You talking to me?
Rated 20 Sep 2010
97
99th
One of many Scorcese masterpieces and one of DeNiro's best roles.
Rated 17 May 2011
77
82nd
Overrated and very disappointing. Jodie Foster is obviously stunning and the "Are you talking to me?" scene is unforgettable , but it seems like I sneezed in a critical moment (let's say... the whole last 30 minuets?) and missed something highly important! The main problem is, I didn't.
Rated 25 Sep 2011
100
97th
This is a masterpiece, but its amazing just how unconventional it is. Between this and other films set in 1970s-80s New York, with no qualms about showing its nasty side, there is a weirdness to the place on film which Scorsese's film could only be created from. Everything in this - De Niro's performance, the script - is not just intense but grotesque in a way that feels real, contrasted by an elegant score from old Hollywood cinema that shows something human beneath its nightmarish world.
Rated 15 Jan 2012
95
99th
He nearly lost me when he took the gorgeous young Cybill Shepherd to the blue movie. The rest is so iconic that once viewed you can never forget. Robert De Niro brought to the role a presence that was both subtle & intense. His desperate desire to do something great drove him to extreme action & he was committed to seeing it through. The ironic ending is one of the most memorable in film. Excellent atmosphere & music. Good directing, writing & performances.
Rated 23 Jun 2012
95
98th
A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best.
Rated 14 Dec 2006
97
89th
A staggeringly excellent film.
Rated 22 Dec 2006
80
80th
Solid. De Niro seems to have these Vietnam Vet parts down to a fine art. Foster, however, steals the show in my opinion. Scorsese doesn't shy away from the blood and guts, nor the issues. Nothing mindblowing plotwise, but the ending was not what I expected (a credit to the director)
Rated 08 Mar 2007
90
95th
Fucking fantastic untill the last couple minutes, which make no sense at all. HELLO I AM TRAVIS JUST A NORMAL SANE PERSON WHO DRIVES A TAXI
Rated 09 Mar 2007
100
99th
latka has fucking had it
Rated 14 May 2007
29
10th
A pretty terrible, wandering plot that doesn't seem to know where it's going, makes you assume all sorts of things that it never explains. There's no character development because you don't know anything about Travis, and you have no real idea why he gets so mad. He does all sorts of ridiculous things for no apparent reason. Then, at the end, he's miraculously fine for, again, no reason. What a let-down.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
95th
One of the greatest screen depictions of insanity ever. DeNiro is simply awesome as the loopy cabbie Travis Bickle, who decides to take violent action against the perceived injustices of modern big city life.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
93rd
The action is minimal and even a little cheesy compared to today's standards. The dialogue and character progression are the two biggest selling points in this movie. DeNiro will have you mesmerized from start to finish.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
73
54th
Louder and angrier than anything else Scorsese has done, but ultimately dulled by the fact that it has no point and explores no territory other than crazy psycho killer melodrama. Try watching it more than once.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
94th
One of the most brilliant films ever made. Scorsese is at the top of his game. It doesn't hurt that you have a first-rate performance by Robert DeNiro and an incredible supporting one by Jodie Foster.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
99th
Fantastic movie. You can see the degeneration and hate that fuels this man and his last stand towards some sort of redemption.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
8
93rd
Streets don't get any meaner than the gritty, decaying urban jungle of New York City portrayed in this film. Travis Bickle is a disturbing guy, and Robert De Niro is a terrific actor. You talkin to him lol
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
89th
It's a classic for a reason. BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
96th
Funny, tragic, moving and shocking -- a near masterpiece of pent-up angst cinema.
Rated 25 Dec 2007
85
90th
Very interesting movie in many ways. It brilliantly blurs the line between sane and insane and a hero and a bad guy. De Niro is absolutely perfect.
Rated 25 Dec 2007
89
92nd
A true classic. De Niro is as good as ever and his character is very well written. Scorsese's directing is very good too.
Rated 01 Jan 2008
85
76th
A little slow at times, but otherwise a fascinating look into mental decline.
Rated 08 Jan 2008
90
94th
A mark in the career of Martin Scorsese and Robert Deniro. A beautiful photography in a climate nearly always nocturnal. Besides a marvellous soundtracks. A definitive movie about loneliness and deep scars in a person.
Rated 12 May 2008
86
87th
Here is a man who would not take it anymore. Here is a man...Well, I somehow (unintentionally) avoided seeing this one for about 10 years, but I'm glad I finally did. Extremely well crafted, with tons of that gritty, mid-'70s NYC vibe that I just can't get enough of. DeNiro projects a constant feeling of danger, unrelenting despair, a complete disconnection from society. I couldn't imagine a film like this getting past the planning stages today. No enough "likable characters", right?
Rated 18 May 2008
92
97th
Scorsese paints a dark but colorful picture of a deeply troubled man. A man we can sypathize with, if not for his means, but for his ends. Ultimately he is just trying to make the world a better place by shooting people in the face.
Rated 03 Aug 2008
98
99th
One of the greatest films ever made if you ask me.
Rated 29 Aug 2008
84
71st
It's easy to see why this is so overrated as critics must've spooged at the groundbreaking in-your-face violence matched with Arthouse pacing & ambiguous ending. Still, it's amazing to see societal ugliness presented with no politically correct hand-wringing. Schrader's script gives the impression that he identifies with Bickle more than he doesn't, & seems to suggest that in a crazy world, only the crazy man is sane. Like Repulsion, this is overlong but with powerful images & ideas.
Rated 02 Sep 2008
95
99th
A real awesome movie, a great picture about a time when New York was really filthy. And the de Niro character cleans up...
Rated 09 Oct 2008
83
89th
A film that nobody can quite make head nor tail of, but doing so would be forgetting the whole essence of what makes it such a classic. Saying that, I can't help but feel a little let down after seeing a film as hailed as this and having doubts over its authenticity as a masterpiece. One thing is clear though, it's a very well constructed film. The performances are all great with De Niro bringing such a haunted and mentally traumatized character to life as nobody else could. Go get that scum.
Rated 28 Oct 2008
93
96th
Instant classic. Amazing view on the society with a strong Robert DeNiro.
Rated 09 Feb 2009
100
98th
Man I love it when Scorsese interprets New York! DeNiro is haunting as Travis, truly a great portrait of the vigilante persona and the awful reveals of that special form of madness.
Rated 17 Apr 2009
10
97th
Great De Niro performance and one of my favorites from Scorsese. Constantly shocks you but in the right sort of way.
Rated 19 Jul 2009
80
70th
If "Taxi Driver" were made today, Travis Bickle would be wearing a cape and trying to build bombs. Thankfully, 1976 allowed for some ambiguity in the character. The film is loaded with tension, never quite sure when Bickle will be set off. Never quite sure when he's armed. Never quite sure exactly what he's planning. Nothing is handed to you, outside of the opening scene. The ending is ironic in how a matter of moments would have made Bickle a villian, if he could only get his gun out faster.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
90
66th
It's like Fight Club of the 1970s; it captures the mood of what it's like to be a single man in its time and place.
Rated 20 Feb 2010
90
96th
Pretty indisputable masterpiece. Paul Schrader is an excellent screenwriter and Scorsese's direction is nuanced and flawless. De Niro turns in one of his most legendary performances here of course. Every single emotion and line of dialog in this film is complex and frightfully honest in its appraisal of people and loneliness.
Rated 24 Feb 2010
100
97th
I cannot find one single scene in this film that has no meaning to it. If there was one movie I could call perfect, it would be Taxi Driver.
Rated 12 Jun 2010
95
96th
"Taxi Driver" isn't your average film. It's a raw, uncompromising piece of art that doesn't intend to be liked but instead intends to be respected. It commands your attention from start to finish, every aspect of the film gripping hold of you and refusing to let go. From Hermann's dark, distinctive score to De Niro's truly incredible performance to Scorsese's remarkable directing, every piece of the film's puzzle connects perfectly, leaving you with a brutal, yet beautiful, picture.
Rated 16 Jul 2010
92
96th
"Are you talking to me? Huh? Are you talking to me?" Fantastic movie, and De Niro is goddamn hot
Rated 17 Sep 2010
85
93rd
"Taxi Driver" is a showcase for both Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Apart from the famous "You talkin' to me" scene (that is famous for a reason) there are many other things to admire and ponder on about this brilliantly made New York vengeance odyssey starring a disturbed taxi driver, who, frustrated by the sins of urban life, resorts to violence. The final act is bloody brilliant (emphasis on bloody) and might very well be the most accomplished sequence Scorsese has ever directed.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
98
99th
One of the most effective portrayals of loneliness and desperation I've ever seen. The story fits the dirty, ugly 1970's New York City setting like a glove.
Rated 23 Oct 2010
64
37th
I think that I need a re-watch for this 'cause at the first time it just made me confused. I think it's decent weird movie, but nothing special. I give it 64 'cause it never made me bored.
Rated 25 Jan 2011
100
85th
2 Shaqtaculars
Rated 18 Feb 2011
100
99th
Had to re-rank it after seeing it in a movie theater for the first time as a restored 4K version... I always loved it, but after seeing it on the big screen I was just blown away! A true masterpiece...
Rated 25 Mar 2011
87
96th
A Scorsese/de Niro combo that hits hard and hits low. This movie is dark, violent and brooding, yet paradoxically it still leaves enough room for a softer side. Until all Hell breaks loose, of course. Few movies have portrayed a decaying urban landscape quite as well as Taxi Driver did. And Jodie Foster's performance as a teenage prostitute is strong enough to stimulate anyone's darker, primal urges.
Rated 29 May 2011
99
94th
One of the greatest films about urban isolation, in turn one of my favourite film themes.
Rated 06 Jun 2011
94
94th
If Travis Bickle isn't one of the most intriguing movie characters of all time, I don't know who is. And Robert De Niro was simply masterful.
Rated 19 Jul 2011
98
95th
A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best.
Rated 29 Nov 2011
100
97th
Great moody atmosphere that puts you in a state like only getting 2 hours of sleep and running on pure adrenaline. Everything's presented in broad, vague situations with hints of paranoia to them, seeing into Travis' mind. I like that you really only get Travis' perspective, as the scenes with out him could just be within his mind as well. You see his inner troubles and flaws but you're always wondering what he's going to do next still.
Rated 31 Jan 2012
85
96th
A dark dream which ends in total violence and an epilogue that can go either way. Awesome.
Rated 26 Feb 2012
95
97th
Good on the MPAA for forcing the filmmakers to desaturate the ending scene of the film (to make the blood appear less red and more pink) which makes the overall final bloodbath look like its film was actually developed in blood. Now that's disturbing.
Rated 14 Apr 2012
96
99th
Scorsese and De Niro combine once again to achieve near perfection. Schrader's script is wonderful in it's depiction of the sleazy, violent underbelly of New York. A brilliant score, great cinematography, well chosen and well directed cast, and perhaps De Niro's finest performance combine to create one of the true masterpieces of American cinema.
Rated 15 Jul 2012
65
21st
Overrated but not because of Scorsese. Actually Scorsese's directing is probably the best part of the film. The film quickly looses my interest after the first say 45 minutes or whenever Travis stops seeing Betsy. I actually felt the length of the movie was needed. The film just had too many scenes that lacked character development, which could have given the film more meaning and made it less boring. Ultimately this film takes too long to say nothing. It culminates in a horrendous ending.
Rated 11 Aug 2012
94
99th
Often imitated but never equaled. Travis Bickle strikes me as the personification of the lonely dark side that everyone has but usually only feels in temporary moments of desperation.
Rated 09 Sep 2012
90
80th
It begins as the solitariness of Paul Schrader, who saw the vivid yellow cab as a premature coffin and a symbol of paranoia, a place where the rearview mirror takes us straight into the driver's bleak soul. Taxi Driver is a great film, in which there was a clear and willing glimpse of disorder as the heart of America. And I doubt that Schrader or Scorsese could have done it alone - so the lesson emerges that even in this symphony of isolation, the contacts in life are vital if mysterious.
Rated 13 Nov 2012
90
94th
A much deeper film than you may realize on one viewing. I cannot think of a movie that better portrays a character unravelling due to his own frustration and ineptitude. The ending leaves you much to think about.
Rated 28 Oct 2013
44
14th
A guy whose favourite pastime is watching porn suddenly becomes a hero of justice? Where is my realism?
Rated 31 Oct 2013
60
44th
Nothing much going on here. The subject matter is interesting but not enough to make a two-hour film, the pacing at times too slow, the opening and closing sequences too obvious from a directorial aspect. The cast (especially Jodie Foster and scene-stealer Albert Brooks) is fine, while there are good scenes and some particularly notable dialogues, but, as a whole, "Taxi Driver" is too uneven and fragmentary to become a great film.
Rated 19 Apr 2014
77
74th
Maybe because of all the things I've heard and read about this film, but I couldn't feel but a bit dissapointed. True, De Niro's Travis Pickle is a character I won't soon forget, traumatized as he is, let down by the world and willing to act, however utterly confused how to. Masterfully integrated in a society the character, nor we, can get a grip on.

Collections

(225)
Compact view
Showing 1 - 24 of 225 results

Similar Titles

Loading ...

Statistics

Loading ...

Trailer

No Trailer